Political Rights

In January 2010, Google announced that its email servers at its corporate headquarters in the United States had been the target of a sophisticated cyber attack, and that dozens of accounts belonging to human rights activists and NGOs had been…

China’s far western Xinjiang province, rich in oil and gas deposits, is home to the Uighurs, one of China’s minority groups. Representing less than one percent of China’s total population but about forty percent of the inhabitants of Xinjiang province,…

More than a hundred Azerbaijani villagers were arrested in the village of Bananyar in the Nakhchivan enclave on January 5, 2010. Initially, several arrests reportedly took place the day after the Day of Ashura, on which Shia Muslims mourn the…

Thousands of protestors took to the streets in southeast Turkey hours after the Turkish Constitutional Court announced its decision to ban the Democratic Society Party (DTP) on December 11, 2009. The DTP was the only legally recognized pro-Kurdish party…

Many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), particularly grassroots NGOs, have found social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to be vital tools for connecting with supporters, organizing events, and building networks. After recognizing this growing trend, Peter Conlon and Dr. Anna…